DEDICATION

This book, which is based upon my memory and my own personal experience, is dedicated to my parents and my brother Chaskel and to all the other victims of the Holocaust. May their memory be for a blessing, and may the world never forget the terrible lessons of this tragedy. Any historical inaccuracies are unintended. This book is based solely upon my memory of events that happened to my family, my town and to me.

A Note about spelling throughout the book: Most of the names contained in the book utilize the original Yiddish spellings. Upon arrival in Israel or North America many eastern Europeans changed the spelling of their names to something more Hebrew or English sounding. In some cases, individuals adopted an entirely new name. At times, the variation of spellings or the adoption of new names altogether created delays and confusion in helping survivors reunite with family members or friends.